Yeah, yeah…I know that sounds too bizarre for folk to think it is true, but we’re talking about Todd Akin here!

The GOP candidate for Senate from Missouri who, up until a couple of weeks ago, legitimately thought that pregnancy could not result from “legitimate rape.”

The Akin breast milk story turned out to be news satire, but I understand why so many people gave it a retweet. Faux claims that Todd Akin thinks breast milk cures homosexuality are in line with Akin’s actual beliefs.

Akin thinks federal student loans are the equivalent of “stage III cancer.” I think his actual quote on this is even more twisted. When asked directly if he would support efforts to prevent a doubling in federal student loan rates, Akin said

America has got the equivalent of the Stage III cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in. So, first to answer your question precisely. What the democrats did to get rid of the private student loans and take it all over by the government was wrong. It was a lousy bill. That’s why I voted no. The government needs to get its nose out of the education business.

Okay, the man said “stage II cancer of socialism” while talking about federal student loans! Can you even imagine his response if someone actually did ask him for his thoughts on breast milk?

And let’s not forget that Todd Akin thinks the landmark 1965 Civil Rights Act should be overturned, because he thinks everything should be decided by the states. Akin was 18 years old when the Civil Rights Act passed and one would think he’d have noticed all the people of color having their Constitutional rights violated by states which resulted in the Act in the first place. I suppose expecting that level of deep thinking out of Akin would be too much like right.

Anyhoo, I think Missourians should take note that of just how easy it was to believe Todd Akin would publicly state that breast milk “cures” homosexuality.

The problem here isn’t that the Twitterverse is gullible.

Tis that Todd Akin has a track record of publicly displaying his allegiance to the fringe that makes just about any fantastical statement attributed to him believable.

Did you hear the one about the dancer/performance-artist/comedian who did a funny one-woman show about rape?

Though the majority of rape jokes told at comedy clubs are neither funny nor empowering, I’ve always thought that rape humor, in and of itself, is not inherently and automatically off limits. In comedy, as in all forms of art, the issue isn’t the content, but rather the perspective and framing.